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City Manager: Monrovia Will Honor Olympic Gold Medalist

In her weekly report, City Manager Laurie Lile congratulated Monrovia's Kim Rhode for winning a gold medal at the Olympics games and said the city will honor her when she returns from London.

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From the City Manager's weekly report:

Congratulations Kim Rhode! Monrovia resident, Kim Rhode, won an Olympic gold medal in Women’s Skeet Shooting last Friday, making her the first American to win a medal in five consecutive Olympic Games. 

It’s an amazing feat that is a testament to dedication, focus and commitment.  Kim has many San Gabriel Valley ties: she graduated from Cal Poly Pomona and has lived in Whittier and El Monte. However, she now has made Monrovia her home and we are extremely proud to salute her. The City will be acknowledging Kim after she returns from London.

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rubberband May 20, 2013 at 07:21 am
Figure cost of having carnival in town. (Were we at the same carnival? Been here all my life...to…Read More test our bravery every year my father and I would ride on the Zipper. We deserve medals. Also, keep your girls away from the carny workers..shiver!) Figure cost of having police force block off and guard streets and carnival perimeter. Just to have a small parade is expensive with regards to cost. Figure cost of vendor permits, paperwork, city hall staff, and of course the city employees who must set everything up. Go peek at our budget, what happens to it, and people with "good intentions and/or loud angry opinions" who then don't show to do what they said they'd do. I believe that for some time morale has been low, and trust is like thin ice underfoot. We need some humor, reliability, and energy in our city gov't, and with some action and incentive for Monrovians to show up, we will rise again. Enough fighting and snipping in council meetings, more forgiveness and FUN go get it done attitudes. People want to help and participate, let's make it possible for them to do so. Dunk tank needs dunkees for next year. Anyone you'd like to dunk?
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